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Hi all, I just surfed onto this site while looking online for the author (Brennan "The Dark Paladin" Brooks) of an old AD&D netbook called "Tome of the d**ned," which I discovered exists on this site. (I discovered the file I downloaded on an old Forgotten Realms Yahoo! group.)

Anyway, I decided to register and will be lurking around.

How long you have been gaming and if you DM?I started gaming with the original AD&D 2E core books. I started off a huge Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms fan and soon became a fan of Dark Sun, Greyhawk, Planescape, and Spelljammer. I've DMed both 2E and 3E, mainly in my own campaign worlds...

While I haven't DMed in a while, I do continue to create new material for my homebrewed worlds, mainly World of Kulan. I'd like to get back into gaming soon. However, Real LifeTM issues have prevented me from making a serious effort.

You can normally find me on two other gaming web sites, EN World and The Piazza. I've been a mainstay on EN World since it was Eric Noah's 3rd Edition News and Reviews although I'm not as addicted to it as I once was. The Piazza is a newer forum that recently went through some malware issues (it's fine now). I also have several RPG-based yahoo! groups that I own/moderate or that I am a member of.

What kind of RP games have you played...any favorites?D&D is my favorite game. I prefer 3E to all the other editions, but I do have a fondness for 2E since it is where I started. Regardless, I own all the core rulebooks for 1E, 2E, and 3E as well as the Essentials line of products for 4E.

PoisonAlchemist: Man Muro, you boost my confidence and then you just go crush it with a heartbreaking work of staggering genius.Pariah: Don't tell him things like that, if his head gets any bigger he'll float off like a weather ballon :p

Woo! Another old-school ADnD'er. My 18-step plan for world domination proceeds on schedule!

Welcome, Knightfall! (not to be confused with the assassin, Nightfall)

I don't really consider myself a true old schooler. I believe old-school DnDers are those that began with OD&D and BECMI. I guess ADnDers that started with 1st Edition AD&D would fall into that category, for me, as well.

I guess the main reason is that when 3E came out, I immediately converted my homebrews. I didn't even blink. I will be a 3E grognard for many years to come.

I would be hard pressed to DM a 2E game ever again although I could see myself playing in a 2E (or 1E) game. I am much more likely to DM a BECMI game. (I just acquired a copy [on layaway] of the D&D Rules Cyclopedia.) I also prefer Castles & Crusades to AD&D. That is a game I would GM.